Goodbye Goodison.

Goodison Park can have many firsts in its 133-year history. This is the first dedicated football field, the first with canoe and the first soccer field in short supply.

The list goes on...but when the player last plays against Southampton on the Big Old Lady of British Football, it won't be bricks, mortar or metal pillars that will cause the original emotion of the display, which will be people, memory, magic, magic moments, heartache and glory.

For a generation, the "Goodison Experience" will mainly include downgrade scratches, as well as designated moments for Coventry, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth, thanks to current manager David David Moyes' team at the time.

Any fan under 30 dreams of experiencing what an older relative has one day.

That's really the past! Goodison Park has witnessed Everton’s nine league titles, and the club remains fifth in the top titles. Their first nine won the championship at Anfield everywhere - the club's original home.

From the 60 goals of the legendary Dixie Dean in 1927/28 to the “Science Academy” in the 60s and the full conquest team in the mid-80s, the Stadium has seen it all: Kendall, Harvey and Ball, “Triaster”; Sharp, Gray and Hiddy; Labone, Lawton and Young-Greats who glorify the sacred turf.

Every fan will have their own favorites, legends, capture their hearts and make them fall in love with Everton players and the game-day experience of this famous old stadium.

I lived and breathed many special moments in L4 as a fan, club staff in the late 90s, and once again briefly spelled in 2013/14, and also as a journalist Sky Sports News. This will be the relationships and memories of people I will take me to Bramley-Moore Marina.

Like that moment in the Coventry City game ended at the 1997/98 season, after surviving a ridiculous relegation battle, former midfielder Don Hutchison and my then-News Officer-discovering howard Kendall, Everton's most successful manager, sat on the floor, was a tear, completely overcame the pressure of the day.

Of course, the friendship I shared with the late and brilliant Kevin Campbell, recalling how his incredible personality illuminated the locker room he borrowed in 1999, which just allowed him to save the season with his goal.

So many great friendships, such beautiful moments good and bad, but this is my young fan age in the 70s, and I miss it so much.

Standing in the pen of the boy on the corner of Gwladys on Saturday afternoon, the sun shines and Neil Diamond Song blue Stand out of the stadium PA system.

Even today 50 years later, I can remember smelling, sound and a 12-year-old who bites all the tassels on the silk scarf of a nerve, hoping, desperately praying to win for my beloved Bruce.

I look back and remember a lot of personal moments: crossing Goodison Stadium with former manager Walter Smith, another that lets us talk about the day’s media schedule and the privilege of introducing club legends like Alan Ball and Colin Harvey. I'm very lucky.

These personal feelings will undoubtedly surface when the last whistle hits on May 18. Every Evertonian in the stadium will have their own ideas, memories of special times and the people they like to watch in Royal Blue Shirts.

For the hundreds of former players Everton invites to the game, these memories will certainly be amplified. For them, this moment will be a special emotion.

The likes of Peter Reid are a local boy whose dream is in the Goodison Park life of Neville Southall, the club's most closed player, which was a cent of his thoughts of the day. For Joe Royle, Joe Royle will shed tears after having Goodison’s players and managers – no doubt.

"It would be hard, I can't even imagine," he said. "My school principal once sent me to Goodison to see the manager to get some tickets, so I had any early tastes about it. The crowd was great.

"Godison Park in winter is a very, very cold place for opposition teams, and the feathers that are playing are a huge piece of feather. I will miss it very much."

Of course, there will be many opposing managers, players and fans watching from a distance, and they themselves will take some time to remember their experiences with the stadium, such as former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger - whose memory of Emirates leaving Highbury was triggered by the idea that Goodison closed.

Wenger said: "When I saw this, it reminded me of Highbury's disappearance, and it was another soul of British football that disappeared."

“Of course, I know it’s evolution – I pushed the club to build the emirates – but it’s also sad because part of our history is for.

"Everton is a very daunting ground. It's impossible to recreate the same atmosphere when we (Arsenal) build new grounds - the fact that when you turn around, you can shake hands with fans, is no longer there and we've all missed it."

Goodison Park is arguably the last fortress of the ancient British football stadium, the last fortress of Toffee Lady, Z Auto1966 World Cup Qualifiers, World Championship Boxing Competition with Evertonian Tony Bellew, and even recordings Song of praise On the court, there is another blue Ed Stewart, all part of the famous history of British games.

Everton will give fans the opportunity to buy the seats they sit in at the stadium (some years) once the last game has been played for many years, but these souvenirs will certainly allow fans to buy their tangible reminders of their “stadium experience”, but will still be unquestionably emotional impact. Everton forever, Goodison Park forever.

Everton vs Southampton coverage was followed in the final match of the Sky Sports website and app on Sunday; kickoff at 12 p.m.